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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the blacksmith shop at Walnut Grove farm where Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) invented and built his first reaper in 1831. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Tavern in a state of deterioration, with rubble in front. The tavern is partly obscured by an oak tree, and a white house stands behind the tavern. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Burdick homestead, which was originally made from logs. Built in 1842, it was said to be the first house west of the Rock River. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The Grignon house was built (at the later address of 1313 Augustine Street) in 1836 by Charles Grignon. Charles Grignon was the son of Augustin Grignon, on... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Farmall F-14, F-20 and F-30 tractors lined up in a yard near a poultry building. The photograph was taken by the company's Kankakee branch. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A man is moving a milk can from a cooler in an old building. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A deteriorating, large, two-story building with Greek revival features, which may have served as an inn or hotel. The windows are boarded up or broken and ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Light shines through the arches of a portico onto the walkway of Fort Pulaski, completed in 1847. |
| Date: | 10 1930 |
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| Description: | View across a road and field of several rundown farm buildings located near a farmhouse. The image was used to illustre: "poor farm buildings." |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | View across street of car parked in front of a modest neoclassical style building with an arched window over its double front door. It is shaded by a large... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | A one and one-half story house stands in a snowy landscape. A woman is walking toward the back door, hiding her face with a hand. The house was the childho... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Selma Eismoe, the teacher at Farmer's Grove School, poses with her mother, Mrs. H.O. Eidsmoe. Mrs. Eidsmoe stands on concrete porch steps. A curtain blows ... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | The Woodman log school, in the township of Westford, was in use from 1850 until 1902, when a new school was built "just a few rods away." It is noted on th... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | The rear wheel of a bicycle is visible beyond the small front porch of a small, deteriorating one room school. The main portion of the school building is ... |
| Date: | 01 22 1932 |
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| Description: | Two men fish from a diving platform while a third fishes from the shore at Jeffry's Mill. The tall, wood frame mill building is in the background, with an ... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Two unidentified girls pose seated on a large stone in a rock garden on the lawn of the Charles E. Curver home. There are small clumps of flowers in bloom ... |
| Date: | 03 14 1930 |
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| Description: | Ernst Schmidt, second from left, on a tour of the ruins of Heidelberg Castle with his guide, left, and two unidentified persons. They are standing in the c... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Two signs are taped to the inside of the glass in a double hung window in a wood sided building. The photographer is reflected in the lower left corner of ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A view of the tailings pile, on the left, and on the right, the shaft house of an abandoned mine. The shaft house has been sided with corrugated metal pane... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A simple one-room schoolhouse with a hip roof is standing behind a neglected fence. Most of the window glass is gone and the paint has faded. There is a de... |
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